The Formation of Mountains

Florian Neukirchen is a geoscientist and non-fiction author. After completing his studies in Freiburg, he worked on alkaline rocks at the University of Tubingen. Research trips led him to Oldoinyo Lengai in Tanzania, through the High Atlas in Morocco and to the Ilimaussaq intrusion in Greenland. On his travels around the world he has visited many mountain ranges, climbed quite a few peaks or carried a backpack and camera on long-distance treks to capture the best views. He currently lives and writes in Berlin. He has published The World of Mineral Deposits (2020), as well as several books on geology in German.

1. The structure of mountains.- 2. The cycle of rocks.- 3. Moving plates.- 4. Mountains over subducting plates: subduction zones.- 5.  Lateral shifts with complications.- 6. The roof of the world: High mountains in Asia.- 7. Great rifts and hot spots.- 8. The Alps and their siblings.